Press freedom in Europe is facing a widespread and growing threat by “soft” censorship that includes governments’ use of financial power to pressure news media, punish critical reporting and rewa
Professional Journalism and Self-regulation: New Media, Old Dilemmas in South East Europe and Turkey (Paris, UNESCO, 2011)
This publication compiles articles authored by distinguished experts and covers Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey as well as Kosovo (as defined by Security Council Resolution 1244).
This book examines the implementation of media accountability mechanisms created, operated and followed by media professionals on a voluntary basis. It was officially launched by UNESCO at the Conference on Journalism Ethics and Self-Regulation in Europe, held on 27 January in Paris.
The publication was produced as part of the 30-month project, Alignment to International Standards in the Media Sector of South East European Countries, implemented by UNESCO with funding from the European Commission and in close collaboration with the South East European Network for the Professionalization of Media (SEENPM), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the Alliance of Independent Press Councils of Europe (AIPCE).